This document presents a comparison of foodweb diagrams implemented in three different programming languages: IDL (original), R, and Python. These visualizations represent the same ecological data but with different implementation approaches and visual styles.
The original foodweb diagram was created using IDL (Interactive Data Language), a programming language commonly used in scientific research for data visualization.
The reference implementation created in IDL
These diagrams organize species by their functional groups within the ecosystem.
Functional group visualization
Functional group visualization